Richard Lugar's next chapter: A Q&A with Indiana's longest-serving U.S. senator

WASHINGTON | Richard Lugar takes a seat at a well-worn circular conference table. In an office filled with shiny, new fixtures, it's a notable relic from his 36-year career in the Senate.

March 03, 2013 12:00 am

EDITORIAL: Run the nation like Massachusetts

With all the red tape and red ink in Washington, D.C., the nation needs a fiscal conservative in the Oval Office. Between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, it's obvious which candidate best fits that description.

EDITORIAL: We pick Donnelly for U.S. Senate

In the three-way race for U.S. Senate, one candidate stands out as the kind of moderate Indiana needs.

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DOUG ROSS: Pick up speed on transportation bill

Cross your fingers for the federal transportation bill now before a congressional conference committee. If the negotiations collapse, it would reinforce Americans' already intense disgust with Congress.

We former GOP chairs endorse Sen. Lugar

We are five proud former chairs of the Indiana Republican Party -- a party founded on individual freedom and conservative principles. We endorse Sen. Dick Lugar, because he lives these philosophies every day.

THURM FERREE: Pressure Congress for action on energy issues

Here we are with new charges by the GOP presidential candidates that the president is doing nothing to stem the price of gas. There is little that can be done as long as there are problems in the Far East but perhaps lower the federal gas tax.

BRIAN HOWEY: Daniels gives an emphatic endorsement of Lugar

Gov. Mitch Daniels offered an emphatic endorsement of his mentor — U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar — before about 300 Republicans on Wednesday night, calling him the "most significant public official in the last century in our state, quite possibly the greatest senator ever to serve from our state."

Trade group says Obama has chance to keep the light on steel

North American steel trade association executive Thomas Gibson said he welcomes how manufacturing has become a media darling because of its job creation pace since the recession.

EDITORIAL: Refinery work greases wheels of progress

On this Thanksgiving Day, as we pause to count our blessings, the $3.8 billion Whiting Refinery expansion is among them. This project is providing high-paying jobs the region desperately needs.